Family:Whitney, Wetherbee (1746-1775)
Wetherbee6 Whitney (Simon5, Jonathan4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Simon5 and Olive (Wetherbee) Whitney, was born 3 May 1746, Harvard, MA,[1] and died 14 Oct 1775, Harvard, MA, aged 29 years 5 months.[2]
He married 7 Jul 1774, Harvard, MA, Abigail Warner.[3] She was born 7 Feb 1746.
His will was probated 28 Aug 1776. He resided Harvard, MA. He was a farmer.
His widow married secondly, 12 Sep 1778, Harvard, MA, Nicholas Patterson.[4] He was born 22 Mar 1740.
They resided Harvard. Nicholas took up land at Otter Creek, Vermont. His family remained in Harvard. While living there in a hut he died in 1790. Ch. by Abigail: Abigail, born 22 Jul 1779; died infancy; Abigail Willard, born 13 Jun 1780; died 23 Jun 1813; Artemas, born 7 Apr 1781; Lucinda, born 25 Feb 1783; died 1832; Anna Willard, born 5 Mar 1785; Alexander, born 15 May 1787; died unmarried at sea.
Children of Wetherbee6 and Abigail (Warner) Whitney:
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 187.
1.^ "Witherbee [Whitney], s. of Simon and Olive, [born] May 3, 1746," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).
2.^ "Wetherbe [Whitney], [died] Oct. 14, 1775. (a. 29 y. 5 m. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.
3.^ "Wetherbe [Whitney] and Abigail Warner, [married] July 7, 1774," according to Harvard Vital Records.
4.^ "Abigail [Whitney] and Nic[h]olas Patterson, int. Sept. 12, 1778," according to Harvard Vital Records.
5.^ "Artemus [Whitney], s. of Wetherbe and Abigail, [born] June 8, 1775," according to Harvard Vital Records.
6.^ "Artamus [Whitney], s. of Wetherbe dec. and Abigale, [died] Mar. 1, 1777, in his 2 y.," according to Harvard Vital Records.
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